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Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 9th, 2009
In a post entitled “The Ghost of Reno Rides Again,” pro-life blogger Mark Crutcher provides a much-needed reality check on the “anti-choice inflammatory rhetoric and violence. . . oh my!” myth. Mark writes,
To see how overblown this issue has been, consider just the two years during which the most violence against abortion providers took place. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 9th, 2009
As reported by the Associated Press. Once again, the pro-abortionists are capitalizing on Dr. George Tiller’s death to advocate for a limitation of free speech and assembly. In a press release, Nancy Keenan, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, is quoted as saying,
“What happened to Dr. Tiller is part of an ongoing pattern of extreme anti-choice [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 9th, 2009
My sister, Rebecca Ann Baker, took her own life in December of last year, just one week shy of her forty-second birthday. Diagnosed with bi-polar disorder, Rebecca’s condition had gotten much worse after a failed relationship in January, 2008. Rebecca fought a valiant fight, but succumbed to her own depression and addictions at the end.
I’m [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 9th, 2009
The New York State Catholic Conference is reporting that the Empire State Stem Cell Board will recommend June 11 that state taxpayer funds be used to pay women to harvest their eggs (oocytes) for research purposes. To the tune of, oh, ten grand. Says Kathleen M. Gallagher, director of pro-life activities for the conference,
“The New [...]
The Reverend Robert C. Baker, B.B.A, M.Div., is an ordained pastor in The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod, and serves the Church as an editor at the denomination's publishing house. He is currently pursuing an M.S. degree in Health Care Ethics at Creighton University. He is the author of What Happened To Merry Christmas? and How Do You Start a Fire with Water? and has authored or edited numerous Bible studies and books.